moleiro

Galician

Etymology

From Latin molinārius, through an From Old Galician-Portuguese form molneiro, following syncopation. Doublet of muiñeiro. Compare Spanish molero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moˈlejɾʊ], (Baixo Miño) [muˈlejɾʊ]

Noun

moleiro m (plural moleiros)

1. (now regional) miller
   • 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 107:

     Iten que acadastes vos o dito Gil Peres das aviinças dos moleiros da ribeira de Sarela et de duas viuvas, dusentos et seseenta moravedis de moeda vella que nos avian de dar o dito anno

     Item, that you obtained from said Gil Pérez, of the agreements with the millers of the banks of the river Sarela and of two widows, two hundred and sixty maravedis of old coinage, that they ought to give to us said year

   Synonym: muiñeiro

Derived terms

• Moleiro (Surname)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “moleiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moleiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moleiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “moleiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moleiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin molinārius (through an Old Galician-Portuguese form molneiro, following syncopation), or possibly molārius. Compare Spanish molero.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈle(j).ɾu/ [moˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈle(j).ɾu/ [moˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈle(j).ɾo/ [moˈle(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈlɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈlɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈlej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈlej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈle.ɾu/

Noun

moleiro m (plural moleiros, feminine moleira, feminine plural moleiras)

1. miller (person who operates or runs a mill)

   Synonyms: moageiro, moendeiro

2. skua (predatory seabird of the family Stercorariidae)

   Synonyms: mandrião, estercorário

Related terms

• moinho